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More than 50 county commissioners endorse Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton
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County commissioners representing more than half of Colorado’s counties are endorsing Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton, his campaign said Monday. The two-term state treasurer, one of 10 Republicans running to replace term-limited Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper, unveiled the slate of 57 officials from 33 counties the day before voters are set to attend precinct caucuses. “County…
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Cynthia Coffman ditches petitions, says she’ll seek ballot through assembly process
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With three weeks to go until precinct caucuses, Attorney General Cynthia Coffman announced Tuesday she’s dropping her plans to petition onto the Republican gubernatorial primary ballot and will instead go through the caucus and assembly process. In a telephone town hall conducted by her campaign, Coffman, one of nine GOP candidates for governor, told listeners…
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Associated Builders and Contractors endorses Republican Walker Stapleton for governor
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton landed the first endorsement by a major business organization in the crowded GOP primary Tuesday when the Associated Builders and Contractors Rocky Mountain Chapter declared it’s backing Stapleton, saying the twice-elected state treasurer “gets business.” “The chapter is proud to recognize Walker Stapleton for his support of merit shop contractors and the…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, Feb. 11 edition
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I’LL SEE YOUR BERNIE AND RAISE A JOYCE FOSTER … The battle of the bold-faced names is on in the House District 9 Democratic primary, where three-term incumbent state Rep. Paul Rosenthal is facing two candidates seeking to dislodge him from the southeast Denver seat. Less than a week had passed since Bernie Sanders –…
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Cynthia Coffman ‘weighing all options’ to qualify for GOP gubernatorial primary ballot
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Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is gathering petition signatures in hopes of landing a spot on the Republican primary ballot for governor, but she’s also considering going through the caucus and assembly process, a campaign spokeswoman told Colorado Politics Wednesday. “The campaign is still weighing all options,” Coffman aide Keeley Hanlon wrote in an email. A…
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Victor Mitchell wins straw poll at Colorado Hispanic Republicans’ gubernatorial forum
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Republican Victor Mitchell topped a straw poll conducted Wednesday night by the Colorado Hispanic Republicans at a forum for gubernatorial candidates in Westminster. The entrepreneur and former state lawmaker garnered 38 percent of the vote, running well ahead of four other Republicans who participated in the forum and one – former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo…
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Following hullabaloo, flu-stricken Tom Tancredo misses Colorado Hispanic Republican forum
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Flu season collided with campaign season this week, sidelining Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo for a few days and keeping him from participating Wednesday night in a forum sponsored by the Colorado Hispanic Republicans – this after organizers initially said Tancredo couldn’t take part, but then relented after his supporters raised a hue and cry and…
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Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Coffman plans to petition onto GOP primary ballot
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Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, a Republican candidate for governor of Colorado, said Wednesday she plans to petition her way onto the June primary ballot rather than go through the caucus and assembly process. She joins three other GOP gubernatorial candidates who began circulating petitions on Tuesday, setting up what could be a six-way primary for…
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Walker Stapleton, Cary Kennedy lead crowded gubernatorial primary fields in fundraising
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Republican Walker Stapleton and Democrat Cary Kennedy, the current and former state treasurers, brought in the most contributions in their respective primary fields for the final quarter of 2017, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Colorado secretary of state. But neither had the most money in the bank among their primary cohorts at…
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GOP gubernatorial candidates Walker Stapleton, Victor Mitchell, Doug Robinson petitioning onto ballot
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Three of the Republicans running for governor – Walker Stapleton, Victor Mitchell and Doug Robinson – are planning to petition their way onto Colorado’s primary ballot, their campaigns tell Colorado Politics, potentially leaving GOP voters with as many as a half dozen candidates to choose from in June. Candidates can begin gathering petition signatures Tuesday…
